Thanks to Aubrey Cruse, I drove down to Seabrook, TX and photographed three ospreys fishing in one of the many back bays of Galveston Bay. This area is just to the south of the City of Seabrook water treatment plant. The ospreys would circle the waters looking for a mullet near the surface and when they spot one, would hover like a tern and then dive straight down into the water after the fish. They would miss a lot more times than you might think, coming up empty claws, no fish. If they did snatch a fish the successful osprey would fly to a favorite perch and eat it. Have you ever noticed that ospreys always carry their fish lengthwise as they fly. These really are amazing birds.

I was shooting with a Nikon D200 with a Nikon 300mm AF f/4 lens with a 1.4 teleconverter. The ospreys were just a little out of range for this lens. I was wishing for my 500mm but it is not auto focus and trying to manually focus on these fast birds is impossible.

If you wondering where to go and take some photos of these fishing ospreys just click on the geography button. I've marked it on the map and it's easy to find.